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Re: Figure this out.

> Subscriber: DavidF4797-at-aol-dot-com Fri Jan 24 22:26:14 1997
> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 13:40:23 -0500 (EST)
> From: DavidF4797-at-aol-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Figure this out.
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> I removed the case before immersion in the paint thinner with a cold chisel
> and then put the remaining lump of tar and steel into the freezer overnight
> to harden the tar which I then hammered off in large chunks (attempting not
> to dammage the windings in the process).
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> Because of this configuration, it would be virtually impossible to isolate
> the secondaries inside turn form the core without completely dissasembling
> (delaminating) the core and rewiering it.  And, once its under oil, all the
> extra work that this would entail seems to be completely unnecessary.
> -DavidF-

1) I never thought to put the thing in the freezer overnight. I just 
hammered off small chunks till I got to the windings. I'll try this!
2) You didn't really immerse it in paint thinner did you? Eeee-gads!
Paint thinner can stay wet a very long time, especially in small 
cracks and crevices.  I use Xylene to wipe it off. It's just like 
Acetone but stays wet a few  minutes longer. I can remove all the 
EXTERNAL tar this way and not mess with the windings 
underneath. Makes it very clean and easy to handle. In ten minutes 
it's dry as a bone! 
3) Wouldn't immersing it in oil degrade the wax-paper windings? 
Those paper windings arn't waxed that good and I would think oily 
paper would just come apart after a while.  I coat my neons with  
polyeurothane varnish. I paint it on thick for about 45 minutes
until  theres about four coats on it. The windings turn hard as a 
rock and feel like solid plastic! Once dry I put rope-caulk used for 
windows on it. It's easy to handle, removable, and never drys (has 
some oil in it) and is non-conducting. One box covers it.             
     
I'd like to hear from some of you who immerse neons in oil.
Doesn't the neon fall apart after a while? I mean, paper and oil
don't do well together do they? First time you pick it up wouldn't it 
just fall apart?
I think I like my clean/dry solution better ;-)